Love and Moments - Journal Page by Nikki Acton

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Today I
am sharing one of the That’s Crafty! Journal pages featuring both the new word
stencils and Inspirational Quotes stamps sets.

This
page is one of the large Whiteboard / Greyboard journal pages (A4 size). Being
whiteboard the surface takes pretty much anything you want to throw at it –
which is great for me – adding lots of paint layers. As with any absorbent
surface though it is wise to paint both sides to prevent any slight warping
that might occur.

I began
with a credit card and a mixture of blue/green/yellow paints – I used a mixture
of PaperArtsy and DecoArt chalk paints (colours listed below). I started with
one colour- swiping over the surface with the credit card in patches and then
moved onto the next colour – making sure I overlap the colours in places. You
can see how this looked in the word areas on the page. I also did a similar
process on some card stock which I used for the hearts.

I then
drew some boxes with a journaling pen – making sure the central one was large
enough to fit the LOVE on the stencil. I stencilled the word using DecoArt
Phthalo Blue and highlighted with my white journaling pen once dry.

I then
took DecoArt Cobalt Teal Hue and painted the page with the exception of the
boxes. As the paint is translucent it changes the tone without losing the
effect of the paint layers beneath. I
added some interest to the page with additional stencilling (Quatrefoil 2 Dinky stencil) and some script stamping. I added further
scribbly lines around my boxes in both black and white.

I then took the
card I had painted in similar colours and stamped the hearts from Emma Godfrey
Love stamp set (PaperArtsy). I cut them out and added a little Phthalo Blue
over the smaller ones and some stencilling (Dinky Stencil – Bubble Wrap) over
the large ones.

Finally I stamped
the quote on white card – cut it up and added some scribbly black lines. I
decided the quotes were a little too white so added a little Tim Holtz Vintage
Distress Medium to age the paper a little.

Finally I adhered
my quote and hearts and gave the whole page a coat of matte medium.

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